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Tomorrow sees the start of the sixteenth round of matches in this season’s LV= County Championship, with the competition now entering its latter stages. By far the tastiest of this round’s fixtures is the match up at Scarborough which sees leaders Yorkshire do battle against second-placed Durham. Elsewhere, Middlesex, Sussex and Warwickshire could bring themselves back into title contention with wins.

Tomorrow’s LV=CC Fixtures: (all matches start at 1100 BST)Division One:Middlesex v Somerset at Lord’sThe hosts welcome back captain Chris Rogers from Ashes duty as they aim to bounce back from defeat to Derbyshire last time out. They are, however, weakened by the losses of Steven Finn, Eoin Morgan and Adam Voges to international duty.

Somerset are locked in a relegation battle with Surrey and Derbyshire and will be desperately looking for their second win of the season. They are without five key players for their trip to Lord’s. Jos Buttler is unavailable due to England commitments, while Peter Trego, Steve Kirby, Jack Leach and Adam Dibble are all injured or unwell.

Warwickshire v Sussex at EdgbastonThe Bears welcome back Chris Woakes into their Championship squad and have also included the retiring Darren Maddy for what could be his final game in Warwickshire colours. Captain Jim Troughton is still injured so Varun Chopra will again lead the side.

Durham welcome back Ben Stokes from England Lions duty into a 13-man squad and have included off-spinner Ryan Buckley alongside leg-spinner Scott Borthwick in case the pitch at the North Marine Road Ground should look like taking spin. Graham Onions is still missing due to a finger injury.

Division Two:Gloucestershire v Essex at BristolGloucestershire and Essex are separated by just a point and know that anything other than a win will see their promotion hopes likely ended for another season. The home side have named an unchanged eleven from their draw against Kent.

Lancashire v Hampshire at SouthportLancashire are almost certain to be promoted, especially as their next match is against bottom-placed Leicestershire. However, they will be tested by Hampshire who still have an outside shot at promotion but pretty much have to win here. The home side welcome back Simon Kerrigan from Ashes duty.

Leicestershire v Worcestershire at Grace RoadLikely wooden-spoonists Leicestershire have named Matthew Hoggard, Nathan Buck and Ben Raine in a 13-man squad. Ramnaresh Sarwan has still not returned from playing in the Caribbean Premier League and is not available. Jigar Naik, Anthony Ireland and Robbie Williams are also not available, while Tom Wells is rested.

Northamptonshire v Glamorgan at Wantage RoadThe hosts have named a 12-man squad that includes in-form all-rounder David Willey and overseas seam-bowler Trent Copeland. They sit second in the table and will want to bounce back from yesterday’s disappointment in the Yorkshire Bank 40. Their final selection decision is likely to be between seam-bowler Mohammad Azharullah and off-spinning all-rounder Rob Keogh.

Glamorgan are unlikely to gain promotion and have rested Michael Hogan with an eye on the Yorkshire Bank 40 semi-final next month. Mike Reed and John Glover will vie to replace him in the starting eleven, although both could play if off-spinner Andrew Salter is left out.

Weather Forecast: Most of any early cloud will soon burn off leaving a sunny day with only patchy cloud, particularly for the west and midlands. It should stay dry, with temperatures peaking at between 19 and 22 degrees Celsius.

County Cricket News In Brief:Hampshire have signed departing Kent all-rounder Matt Coles on loan for the rest of the season. Coles turned down the offer of a new contract with Kent earlier this month and may look to make the move to Southampton a permanent one, although Derbyshire are one of a number of counties known to be interested in signing the 23 year-old.

Dean Cosker has become the latest Glamorgan cricketer to speak out over disagreements with the club over a new contract. He said, “At the moment the club’s position is not really budging on what they’ve sort of offered at the moment.” Simon Jones and Murray Goodwin are the other players out of contract at the end of the season who have spoken publicly about concerns over new deals.

The ECB has confirmed the dates and times for the Yorkshire Bank 40 semi-finals. Hampshire will play Glamorgan on Saturday 7th September with a 1245 BST start. Nottinghamshire will then take on Somerset two days later at 1610 BST. Both matches will be shown live on Sky Sports and both have a reserve day.